Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts on Thursday tallied losses for a ninth day in a row, pressured by bearish market fundamentals that offset futures’ discount to cash prices, traders said. August live cattle ended down 0.25 cent/lb., to 112.475 cents (all figures US$). Most actively traded October closed 0.375 cent […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle stretch losses to ninth straight day
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle slump eighth day in a row
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Wednesday settled in negative territory for an eighth straight day, and hit a one-month low, following disappointing preliminary cash prices, traders said. August live cattle ended down 0.525 cent/lb. at 112.725 cents (all figures US$). Most actively traded October closed 0.825 cent lower at […] Read more
U.S. livestock: More CME live cattle selling on weaker cash outlook
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures’ losing streak stretched to a seventh consecutive session on Tuesday in anticipation of softer cash prices by Friday, traders said. August live cattle ended down 0.175 cent/lb. to 113.25 cents (all figures US$). Most actively traded October closed 0.625 cent lower at 109.725 cents. Bids […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle slump sixth straight day
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell for a sixth day in a row on Monday, pressured by supply worries implied by last Friday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture monthly Cattle on Feed report, traders said. The report showed two per cent more cattle placed in U.S. feedlots in July compared to […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle weaken before USDA report
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Friday posted losses for a fourth consecutive session, partly on caution before Friday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly Cattle on Feed report at 2 p.m. CT, traders said. Analysts polled by Reuters, on average, believe that July 2016 cattle placements increased modestly compared to […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle losses mount in fund selloff
Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures finished lower for a fourth straight session on Thursday, saddled by fund liquidation after slipping below technical support levels, traders said. August live cattle ended 1.175 cents/lb. lower at 113.575 cents (all figures US$). October closed 1.825 cents lower at 110.575 cents and below the […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Pork price turnaround sends CME lean hogs higher
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog contracts finished higher on Wednesday, ignited by short-covering after Tuesday’s selloff and the morning’s wholesale pork price rebound, said traders. October ended 1.15 cents/lb. higher at 61 cents, and December finished up 1.3 cents, to 56.75 (all figures US$). After falling almost $3/cwt the day before, […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Hogs slump in reversal on pork price declines
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures declined by as much as 3.8 per cent on Tuesday, reversing from earlier three-week highs on fund selling linked to declines in wholesale pork prices, traders said. Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures also eased but saw smaller declines than hog prices as some investors unwound long hog […] Read more
Klassen: Feeder market brewing but caution prevails
Western Canadian feeder cattle prices were steady to $4 higher relative to week-ago levels. Yearling volumes are starting to increase in central and northern Alberta while the southern and eastern regions experienced limited activity. Buyers’ opaque attitudes resulted in a firmer tone and no one could feel guilty for a minor intemperance. However, the circumspect […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Hogs jump in technical rebound
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures were mostly higher on Friday, rebounding from earlier losses on technical buying and short-covering following the midday expiration of the August contract, traders and analysts said. Gains in hog futures came after prices neared last week’s roughly four-month lows, and hogs could still face more […] Read more
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